Microsoft Certification Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 188 210
Rank change year-on-year -19 +22 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 106 235 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.10% 1.34% 1.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.91% 3.98% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 81 174 169
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% +6.85% -9.60%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +3.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,559 5,907 5,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.70% 33.68% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 3,633 2,495
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +40 53 £42,500 +11.84% 147
Berkshire +20 21 £50,000 +58.73% 83
Hampshire +14 20 £40,000 - 60
Surrey +35 17 £45,000 -15.49% 34
Buckinghamshire +20 17 £45,000 +15.38% 42
Oxfordshire +33 15 £27,500 -28.57% 24
Kent +26 9 £30,000 -9.09% 31
Middlesex - 6 - - 1
West Sussex +24 1 £50,000 +41.84% 18
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (3.77%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 48 (45.28%) Azure
1 48 (45.28%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.15%) AWS
3 14 (13.21%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (12.26%) Power Platform
5 12 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (9.43%) Entra ID
7 9 (8.49%) GCP
8 7 (6.60%) OneDrive
9 5 (4.72%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (4.72%) Power Automate
9 5 (4.72%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.89%) SaaS
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.94%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.94%) GitHub
11 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.94%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.04%) DNS
2 16 (15.09%) DHCP
3 11 (10.38%) TCP/IP
4 9 (8.49%) Firewall
5 8 (7.55%) VLAN
5 8 (7.55%) Wireshark
6 7 (6.60%) VPN
7 6 (5.66%) SAN
7 6 (5.66%) VoIP
8 5 (4.72%) IP Telephony
8 5 (4.72%) NAS
8 5 (4.72%) SNMP
9 4 (3.77%) Network Security
10 2 (1.89%) Broadband
10 2 (1.89%) InfiniBand
10 2 (1.89%) IPsec
10 2 (1.89%) Wireless
11 1 (0.94%) LAN
11 1 (0.94%) VoLTE
11 1 (0.94%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (18.87%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.60%) Power BI
3 5 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (4.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.77%) Metabase
5 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.66%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 66 (62.26%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (12.26%) Finance
3 5 (4.72%) Law
3 5 (4.72%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (4.72%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.89%) Advertising
5 2 (1.89%) General Ledger
5 2 (1.89%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (0.94%) Games
6 1 (0.94%) Legal
6 1 (0.94%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (31.13%) Support Engineer
2 30 (28.30%) IT Support
3 23 (21.70%) IT Engineer
4 22 (20.75%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (16.04%) Senior
6 14 (13.21%) Analyst
7 11 (10.38%) Support Analyst
8 9 (8.49%) Developer
9 8 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.60%) Administrator
10 7 (6.60%) IT Analyst
10 7 (6.60%) Senior Support Engineer
11 6 (5.66%) Applications Support
11 6 (5.66%) Applications Support Analyst
11 6 (5.66%) Consultant
11 6 (5.66%) NOC Engineer
11 6 (5.66%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (4.72%) 1st Line Support
12 5 (4.72%) Help Desk Support
12 5 (4.72%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) .NET
2 4 (3.77%) XML
3 3 (2.83%) CSS
3 3 (2.83%) HTML
3 3 (2.83%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.94%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.94%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.94%) JSON
4 1 (0.94%) Node.js
4 1 (0.94%) REST
4 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.43%) Driving Licence
2 8 (7.55%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.66%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.72%) Blackberry
5 4 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.77%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.83%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.89%) Social Media
8 1 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 54 (50.94%) Windows
2 25 (23.58%) Linux
3 10 (9.43%) Mac OS
4 9 (8.49%) Windows Server
5 8 (7.55%) Windows 10
6 7 (6.60%) Ubuntu
7 6 (5.66%) Apple iOS
7 6 (5.66%) CentOS
8 3 (2.83%) Android
8 3 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (2.83%) Windows 7
8 3 (2.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.94%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (16.04%) Computer Science
2 17 (16.04%) Customer Service
2 17 (16.04%) ITIL
3 16 (15.09%) Migration
4 14 (13.21%) Mentoring
5 12 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (11.32%) DevOps
5 12 (11.32%) Information Security
5 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (10.38%) Agile
7 10 (9.43%) Decision-Making
7 10 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (8.49%) Data Migration
9 8 (7.55%) Coaching
9 8 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (7.55%) Process Improvement
9 8 (7.55%) Project Management
10 7 (6.60%) Service Delivery
10 7 (6.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.09%) PowerShell
2 15 (14.15%) SQL
3 14 (13.21%) Python
4 7 (6.60%) X++
5 5 (4.72%) C#
6 4 (3.77%) C++
6 4 (3.77%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.83%) Bash
7 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.89%) Perl
9 1 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 31 (29.25%) Degree
2 28 (26.42%) MCSE
3 24 (22.64%) MCP
4 22 (20.75%) A+ Certification
5 19 (17.92%) MCSA
6 17 (16.04%) Azure Certification
6 17 (16.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (15.09%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (14.15%) CCNA
9 11 (10.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (8.49%) CCNP
11 8 (7.55%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (7.55%) Security Cleared
12 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared
13 5 (4.72%) HND
14 4 (3.77%) Dell Certification
15 3 (2.83%) DBS Check
16 2 (1.89%) CCDA
16 2 (1.89%) LPIC
16 2 (1.89%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (7.55%) GDPR
3 2 (1.89%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.89%) SLA
4 1 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.94%) NCSC
4 1 (0.94%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (33.96%) Active Directory
2 22 (20.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (11.32%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (6.60%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.77%) vSphere
6 2 (1.89%) GPFS
6 2 (1.89%) Lustre
6 2 (1.89%) NFS
7 1 (0.94%) Docker
7 1 (0.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.83%) PaperCut
3 2 (1.89%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.94%) PowerCLI
4 1 (0.94%) SCCM
4 1 (0.94%) Terraform
4 1 (0.94%) vRealize
4 1 (0.94%) VxRail
Vendors
1 99 (93.40%) Microsoft
2 26 (24.53%) VMware
3 13 (12.26%) Cisco
4 12 (11.32%) Google
5 9 (8.49%) Apple
6 7 (6.60%) Citrix
6 7 (6.60%) Veeam
7 6 (5.66%) Dell
7 6 (5.66%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.66%) Red Hat
8 5 (4.72%) McAfee
9 4 (3.77%) SAP
10 3 (2.83%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.83%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.89%) HubSpot
11 2 (1.89%) Juniper
12 1 (0.94%) Commvault
12 1 (0.94%) Meraki
12 1 (0.94%) Snow
12 1 (0.94%) Ubiquiti